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新幹線

新幹線

See also: 新干线

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) main line; trunk line
trad. (新幹線) 幹線
simp. (新干线) 干线

Noun

新幹線

  1. (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen

Synonyms


Japanese

新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: 5
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

(new) + 幹線 (main line)

Pronunciation

Noun

新幹線 (hiragana しんかんせん, romaji shinkansen)

  1. Japanese super express, bullet train, a line which extremely fast trains run on in Japan; shinkansen
    a replacement for Japan's national railway company's past main lines

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3